A baby girl shows interest in a rabbit doll in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 23, 2011. Sales of rabbit dolls soar as the Year of the Rabbit in Chinese lunar calendar approaches. (Xinhua/Qin Gang)

A trader sells dolls in the pattern of rabbit at a market in Chongwenmen area of Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 24, 2011, the 21st day of the 12th month in the Chinese Lunar Calendar. Rabbit-themed gold bar, paper cutting decorations and rabbit dolls were on hot sale as the spring festival of Chinese Lunar Year of the Rabbit draws near. According to local custom, people start to prepare for the spring festival around the 23th day of the 12th month in the Chinese Lunar Calendar every year. (Xinhua/Zhang Yu)